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In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that's the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped. The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant. http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article2838652.ece A shame -- history is the one...

I've revisited the Dark Ages: the time before the internet! All promises for my trip to Belfast that I'd be able to access this site (or my email) proved futile. The reasons are too complicated to explain, but the result was a forgotten experience of unobtainablity. I got to like it. Now that I'm...

For the past decade or so, I have had the privilege of playing a minor role in the defense of the Protestant doctrine of justification. Running in the circles of the anti-New Perspective resistance , I have known the passions of those of us who first raised the alarm and then sought to man the...

Our friend and fellow-blogger, Justin Taylor, has helped ( here , here , here , here , and here ) draw attention to a significant debate (primarily between credo-baptists) on whether paedo-baptists can properly be admitted to membership, and thence the Lord's Table, in a Baptist Church. For the...

Lig, thanks for the link and for the shorter explanation (following Calvin's brevity and clarity model!). In the helpful book, Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant , ed. Schreiner and Wright, I found a helpful footnote in Mark Dever's chapter that Ref21 readers might find interesting. In...

Who'd a thunk it? "Let me say first of all that I am devoutly committed to the separation of church and state in America. I believe that the separation of church and state has been good for all Christians in this country, and particularly good for Catholics who had a difficult time gaining...

After a long hiatus, I am returning to the blogosphere. The Rykens have been on vacation for nearly the last month, and part of my ministry to Lisa and the children is to keep work to a minimum when I am on vacation. I praise God for the privilege of having some time away . . . and also of having...

Mark Dever (Alliance Council Member) and Phillip Jensen are teaming up to present a conference called "Gospel Growth vs. Church Growth." The conference and seminars will take place at Capitol Hill Baptist Church from October 30 to November 1. Matthias Media can provide the full details.

In an interview published in the July 26 issue of Forbes , New York artist Mako Fujimura says: "I am a Christian. I am also an artist and creative, and what I do is driven by my faith experience. But I am also a human being living in the 21st century, struggling with a lot of brokenness -- my own,...

A friend has written to share a helpful quotation from Calvin. In the 1536 edition of his Institutes , Calvin defends the use of the word "Trinity" and other "extra-biblical" words such as ousia and hypostasis as legitimate terms of art in systematic theology. At the end of his defense, he mentions...